Concrete Objects by 22

Sean Yu and Yi-ting Cheng began 22™ in 2005 with a desire to create items in both metal and concrete. Inspired by Japanese architect Tadao Ando, the duo set out to rethink ways to use such an industrial material like concrete to make everyday items like clocks and pens.

The 4th Dimension Table Clock has a concrete structure where the face spirals around and down like a staircase. The hands create shadows as them move around the tiered down face. The idea behind the clock is to connect time and space – i.e., the fourth dimension.

The Concrete Rollerball Pen is contoured in its shape, which makes for easy gripping. Since concrete changes over time, the jagged edges will smooth out the more you use it.

The heavy Concrete Sketch Pencil is fatter in the middle making it easy to grip when you’re in the throws of sketching.

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5 Comments

Omar on 10.31.2012 at 15:52 PM

I… don’t get what the recent appeal is of concrete in anything outside of buildings. It’s flippen heavy, that clock probably weighs at least 2 o 3kg and without some padding on the bottom is libel to scratch the rest of your furniture. I just don’t get it. There was someone else who made an entertainment center out of concrete because who ever owns that has no intention of moving it… ever.

Mariel on 02.13.2013 at 15:38 PM

Hokkaido on 11.03.2012 at 23:31 PM

Concrete is caustic and will burn if in contact with bare skin untreated, that’s why their rings have steel on the inside but as a pen, not so good. I think they’re running out of ideas a d are beating a dead horse for too long.